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''Pseudo'' means: ''fake'', ''sham'', ''spurious'' [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseudo?show=0&t=1283620895] Hence, pseudo medicine refers to medical treatments that claim to be scientific or are made to appear scientific, but are not based on any appropriate scientific methodology, lack supporting evidence or plausibility, or otherwise lack scientific status. | ''Pseudo'' means: ''fake'', ''sham'', ''spurious'' [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pseudo?show=0&t=1283620895] Hence, pseudo medicine refers to medical treatments that claim to be scientific or are made to appear scientific, but are not based on any appropriate scientific methodology, lack supporting evidence or plausibility, or otherwise lack scientific status. | ||
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Revision as of 20:42, 11 September 2010
Pseudo means: fake, sham, spurious [1] Hence, pseudo medicine refers to medical treatments that claim to be scientific or are made to appear scientific, but are not based on any appropriate scientific methodology, lack supporting evidence or plausibility, or otherwise lack scientific status.